Association of health behavior and social role with total mortality among Japanese elders in Okinawa, Japan

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 443-450

  Goto, Aya ^a   Yasumura, Seiji ^a   Nishise, Yuko ^b   Sakihara, Seizo ^c  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Elderly; Health behavior; Japan; Longevity; Mortality; Sleep patterns; Social role

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0842325050     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327366     Document Type: Article

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